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The Fuji X100 series of cameras have been a favorite of street photographers since day one. And the latest Fuji X100F is a stellar little shooter but whenever the camera powered down the manual focus distance reset to 2 meters which made manual focus shooters (like me) a little crazy. The latest firmware fixd the Fuji X100F manual focus reset and all is right in the world. Hit the jump for all the details!

The Observe Collective is holding a street photography contest to celebrate their 4th anniversary. This year’s theme is “Down By The River” and the contest closes Saturday May 28 2017. Entry is free so dust off those RAW files and get to submitting already! More details after the jump!

Look! up in the sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a street photographer! Okay, none of us can actually leap tall buildings in a single bound but that doesn’t stop the occasional superhero from walking through our frames. Hit the jump to check out seven super street shots starring superheroes.

Spring is in the air and the StreetFoto 2017 photo contest is accepting submissions. The international competition is broken down into four categories including single image, series, mobile and a special category for shots taken in San Francisco. This year’s contest is being judged by street photography’s original bad boy, Bruce Gilden so get your best shots out and get them in already! Hit the jump for more info!

Street photographers have been anticipating a new X100 for months and the Fuji X100F is finally here! I took this excellent little camera to Havana for a week of street photography and I was impressed every step of the way. It’s small, responsive and the image quality is out of this world. Hit the jump for my full Fuji X100F street photography review!

It’s not very often that a photobook on Kickstarter can pry my credit card out of my wallet. But David Gaberle’s new book, Metropolight: A Photobook is that kind of a book. The work spans 4 continents and depicts the modern metropolis as a place of common experience that unites and isolates at the same time. I talked with David about the his work and how the book came to life. Hit the jump for more!

The Fuji XPro2 Graphite Edition is one of the nicest looking cameras to be released in recent years. But can street photographers embrace a camera that’s anything but black? We go hands-on with the dark grey version of Fuji’s flagship rangefinder style camera and put it to the test. Hit the jump for the video review!

Just look at this Fuji XPro2 Graphite edition. Just look at it! Okay, it’s the exact same Fuji XPro2 that I’ve been going on about for months. But this one’s graphite! GRAPHITE! All kidding aside, Fuji have announced the sexiest version of their mirrorless flagship that comes with a matching 23mm f/2 lens and metal lens cap. The whole deal is available for pre-order starting today so what are you waiting for? Hit the jump for more pics!

The new Fuji 23mm f2 is a fast and compact prime lens with a 35mm full frame equivalent field of view and blazing fast auto focus performance. Is this the ultimate lens for Fuji X street photographers? Hit the jump for my Fuji 23mm f2 street photography review!

I spent the spookiest night of the year shooting halloween street photography at the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval. And while the party raged on into the wee hours of the morning I learned a few things about shooting an event of this scale. Hit the jump to check out my lessons learned!